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PMC (and patch) now available for Arma 2

by: Chad -
More On: Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
I'm a day late and $10 short, but ArmA II: Private Military Company was released yesterday.  The $10 add-on for ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead (or Combined Operations) adds a new faction with more weapons and vehicles.  There is even a new single-player campaign, a different environment, and a 2-player coop mode.  

Even if you don't purchase the expansion, there was another patch (1.56) released for ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead.  This contains a few additions including the Multiplayer Armory along with various bug fixes and graphical improvements.  You can download the patch here.  Full patch details are after the jump and we've also got a fancy new launch trailer for you.

Enjoy!

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ARMA 2 Operation Arrowhead Patch 1.50-1.55 to 1.56

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VERSION 1.56 HIGHLIGHTS
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* Arma 2: Private Military Company Lite - all units, vehicles and weapons from Arma 2: Private Military Company are included in this patch with lower quality textures and audio files. The full version of Arma 2: Private Military Company with high resolution textures and packed with a new campaign is available for purchase; see http://www.arma2.com/pmc for more information about the content of Arma 2: Private Military Company.
* ARMEX - The Multiplayer Armory - enables you to try out all weapons and every single vehicle model from Arma 2 in dynamically generated missions with up to eight friends online or over LAN!

Version 1.55-1.56 Changelog
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Data
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* Add: more camo (replaceable textures) selection for OA vehicles.
* Fixed: missing shadows and heads in distance LODs for some OA characters.
* Added: MP Armory.

Engine
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* Improved: -exThreads=3 now default for dual cores.
* Improved: -cpuCount defaults improved for 6 or more than 8 CPUs.
* Fixed: No more LOD blending issues (esp. with vegetation).
* Fixed: Ignored collision with some vehicles.
* Improved: AI cover selection improved a bit.
* New: Video options VSync selection.
* Fixed: Character collisions with stones often resulted in flying or being stuck. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/12043)